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Old 06-25-2012, 12:03 PM   #1
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Default 5 things about Duncan Hines

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Duncan Hines
by Ethan Trex - March 31, 2011 - 9:46 PM



You may have a box of Duncan Hines cake mix in your cupboard, but you may not have known that, unlike Betty Crocker, Hines was a real person. Here are five things about the patron saint of powdered dessert mixes that might surprise you.

1. He Got His Start as a Salesman

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